Hi Managers,
I have a problem with remote tar.
I would like to copy a file onto a floppy device on a
remote machine. This works fine in Silicon graphics m/c.
This also works fine if the remote machine is an alpha.
I cannot tar a file from an alpha to an alpha or to
a Silicon Graphics machine.
On a silicon graphics machine, i give the following command;
tar -cvf alpha:/dev/floppy <files>
where alpha is the hostname of the alpha machine and floppy is
the device of the floppy drive on the alpha machine.
But I also can from alpha to an alpha ( or to a SGI m/c )
using rsh, but not to the floppy device , but to a directory.
The command goes like this:
tar -cvf - . | "cd /directory && tar -xvf - "
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA
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Suresh S
srs_at_getafix.cmc.net.in
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Received on Wed Dec 17 1997 - 05:53:20 NZDT